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Game #3337

Aston Villa

26-8-9, 58 PTS

Wednesday, 30 April 1975

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Norwich City

20-13-9, 53 PTS

Carrow Road

Attendance: 35,999

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

Norwich City

1-4

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Aston Villa

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Assists(s) | Chico Hamilton | 11' | 86' | Jim Cumbes | 20' | Frank Pimblett | 76' |

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 30 April 1975

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Keith Leonard, Assist by Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 2-0, John Gidman, Assist by Jim Cumbes
🥅 | 25' Goal, 2-1, (Norwich City), Phil Boyer
🕒 | HT Norwich City 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 3-1, Bobby McDonald, Assist by Frank Pimblett
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 4-1, Frank Carrodus, Assist by Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Norwich City 1-4 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Keith Leonard, Foul
🟨 | Booking, John Robson, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 30 April 1975

Ron Saunders' promoted Villa end the season with just a single defeat in their last nineteen League games including eight successive wins and twenty goals scored to one conceded in the last six as they make it twenty five wins, eight draws and nine defeats in Saunders' first forty two League games as Villa boss.

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Norwich City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #55 |
League Match| #42 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Wednesday, 30 April 1975

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🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 55 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 12 🟥 10 | 2.02

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

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🟨 🟨

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Chico Hamilton returns as Ron Saunders hands John Gidman a start for the first time in 36 games and Frank Pimblett returns for his first start in 21. Dropping out are Steve Hunt, Leighton Phillips and Brian Little

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.47 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.02 |

Youngest Player |
M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.15 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Frank Pimblett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

MANAGER

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Kevin Keelan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Geoff Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Duncan Forbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick McGuire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ted MacDougall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Phil Boyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Dave Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
M Pat McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Ankle
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | Stomach muscle
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hamstring

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 1 May 1975

Aston Villa manager Ron Saunders completed a highly successful season with the personal satisfaction of seeing his side beat his former club, which he left only 17 months ago after a board room disagreement. Even though Villa were without their top scoring strikers Ray Graydon and Brian Little, Norwich had no answer to the visitors free flowing attack who took the club’s goal tally for the season to an incredible 110. The Villa victory was all the sweeter for Saunders as it was achieved in front of Norwich’s biggest gate of the season, one short of 36,000. Norwich, like Villa, already assured of First Division football next season even before this game, presented bouquets to some of the crowd before the start. They showed they hadn’t forgotten Villa either by handing them two gift goals in the first 20 minutes to wipe out any hope of achieving revenge for Villa’s 1-0 win over Norwich in the League Cup final at Wembley in March. It was Keith Leonard who put Villa on the winning path after only 11 minutes when he rose unchallenged direct home a fine header from perfectly taken free kick by Chico Hamilton. Nine minutes later the Norwich defence was shattered again, this time when Tony Powell failed to control a long goal clearance from Villa’s goalkeeper Jim Cumbes, allowing John Gidman to race clear. Despite Powell’s desperate attempts to haul the Villa man back by his shirt Gidman surged on before sliding the ball calmly past Kevin Keelan. However. the goal sparked Norwich into some of their best attacking action and they pulled a goal back just minutes later through Phil Boyer, who powered a neat header past Jim Cumbes, after skipper Duncan Forbes had knocked back a cross from the far post. The nearest Norwich came to getting back on terms was a couple of minutes later when Martin Peters saw a well-judged header hit the inside of a post and bounce away. Understandably the game went off the boil at the start of the second half but then VIIIa, always looking the more composed and controlled, produced a sting in the tail with two further goals in the last 14 minutes. A fabulous through ball by young Frank Pimblett sent Bobby McDonald racing clear on the left and the youngster rocketed home a fine goal from an acute angle. Four minutes from the end Frank Carrodus rounded off the scoring by stabbing home a centre from Hamilton. Four players were booked. Villa’s I.eonard and John Robson along with Powell and Peters from Norwich for foul tackles, although none particularly serious in a clean and entertaining game.
Reports

🟩 30 April 1975, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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